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V UNITED STATES PATENT EEicE.

JOSEPH HINKS, )F BIRMINGHAM, COUNTYOF VVARVICK, ENGLAND.

LAMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,326, dated March 20, 1883. Application tiled January 16, 1883. (No model.) Patented in England May 13, 1882, No. 2,265, and in Belgium December 2D, 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known thatl, JOSEPH HINKs, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, and a resident of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, England, manufacturer, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lamps for Burning Light or Volatile Oils, (for which I-have received Letters Patent in Great Britain, No.v

2,265, dated May 13, 1882, and in Belgium, dated December 20, 1882, and have made application for German patent, dated December 14, 1882, and for Austro-Hungarian patent, dated December 21,1S82,) of which the folow- `ing is a specitication. Y

My invention has `for its object to facilitate the trimmingA of the wicks and the lighting of I the said lamps and the filling of the reservoirs of the said lamps; and my said invention consists of the construction and arrangements hereinafter described, and illustrated in the acy companyingdrawings, of the parts of the said lamps, whereby the gallery carrying the chimney and globe and dome or detlector ot' the lamp can be raised for trimming the wicks and for lighting the lamp without the removal ofV the chimney and globe from the gallery, and the burner raised -so as to expose the open mouth of the reservoir for iilling the same with oil without separating `or detaching any parts of the lamp.

`Figure l represents in vertical section a portion of a lamp containingone of the arrangements of my'invention, and Figs. 2 and 3 rep-' resent elevations of a part of` the same. ln Fig. 1 the burner and gallery are represented f raised and the oil-reservoir open for-filling.

The same letters indicate the saine parts in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

gallery G are two metallic rodsF F, capable of sliding in the fixed guide-tubes E E. The burner D is also provided with tubes D2 D2, whichslide upon the rods F F ofthe gallery.

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D2, can engage. His a horizontal bolt carried by the mount B and pressed outward by the spring I,so as to cause it to engage with or snap into one or other ofthe two notches G G2 in one of the rods F when thesaid notches are brought opposite the bolt, so as to fix the gallery either in its lowered position or raised position.` By pressing inward the spring-bolt H its inner acting end is withdrawn from the notch in the rod F with `which it is engaged, and the gallery C is released and may be raised or lowered. The burner D is not tixed permanently to the monnt B, but is capable ot' being raised from and depressed upon the mount. When in' its depressed position the burner D is temporarily xed to the mount B lby the rotating ring M at the lower part ofthe burner, fastened in its place by the hooks and studs a N P. (See Figs. 2 and 3.)

` When it is required to gain access to the wicks for trimming them or for lighting tlielamp the gallery C is released by pressing inward the spring-bolt H, and the gallery C is then pressed upward with a little force into the position shown in Fig. 1, the rods F F sliding in the guide-tubes E E, in which position it is fastened by the snapping of the bolt H into the notch G2 in the rod F. After trimming the wicks or lighting thelamp the bolt H is pressed The gallery Gis thereby-released and may be lowered to the burner, the spring-bolt H, when the gallery has reached its lowered position, snapping into the upper notch, G, in the rod F, and fixing the said gallery.

When it is desired to ll the oil-reservoirA the burner D is iirst unfastened by turning the ring M, and the spring-bolt H is pressed inward. The burner 'D and gallery C are now raised together into the positions represented in Fig. l, the gallery being fixed in its raised position by the bolt H snapping into the bottorn notch, G2, and the burner being {ixed to the gallery G and supported in its raised po sition by the tongues L L falling into the de-v pressions K K in the rods F F, as seen in the said Fig. l. The open mouth ofthe oilreser- IOO ylower shoulders, K K L L, with inclines in Y near its lower end, which shoulder acts only I on the burner D hasanotch atN.

,n by the spring-bolts F2 G2 snapping under the 'gages with the notch N in the rod I and supvoir A is now exposed, and oil may be poured l into it, the surface of the oil being visible.

The gallery O and burner D may be removed from the oil-reservoir for cleaning or repair or for introducing new wicks by unfasteningthe ring M, and pressing inward the bolt H and lifting bodily the parts C and D from the oilreservoir.

l Figs. et and 5 represent vertical sections of another arrangement of my invention. Fig. 6 is a plan of upper side ot' the mount fixed on the oil-reservoir. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the gallery', and Fig. 8 is .a side elevation of theburner. Thesamelettersindicate thesame parts in Figs.4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. In this arrangement the gallery() is provided with three rods, F G H, and the burner D with afourth rod, I, the said rods F, G, H, and I sliding in the guide-tubes E E on the ixed mount B. The opposite rods, F G, on the gallery-G are each furnished with a spring-bolt, F2 G2, and the third rod, H, also with a spring-bolt, H2. (See Fig. 6.) The rod I on the burner D is also furnished with a springfbolt, I2. (See Fig. 6.) The rods F G on the gallery C haveupper and opposite directions made upon them for retaining, in conjunction with the spring-bolts F2G2, the gallery C in its raised and lowered positions. The third rod, H, on the gallery is fur nished with a shoulder, M, without an incline,

as a stop for preventing the complete withdrawal of the gallery from the lamp excepting when the springbolt H2 is released. The rod This notch N; in conjunction with the bolt I2, is for the purpose of supporting the burner D in its raised position. Vhen the gallery C and burner D are in their lowered or iiormal positions the gallery C is fastened iii that position by the spring-bolts F2 G2 engaging under the top shoulders, K K, on the rods F G. As the gallery Ccannot rise, the burner Dis consequently fixed down between it and the mount B.

In order to raise the gallery C for trimming the wicks or lighting the lamp, the spring-bolts F2 G2 are simultaneously pressed inward, so as to release the rods F G. The gallery C can now be raised into the position represented in Figs. 4 and 5, where it is supported and fixed bottom shoulders, L L, on the rods F G, the upward range of motion of the said rods F G, and consequently of the gallery, being limited by the bolt H2 engaging with the stop-shoulder IVI on the third rod, H, carried by the gallery.

When it is wished to gain access to the oilreservoir A, for llin g it, the gallery C, together with the burner D and rod I, is raised into the position represented in Fig. 5, in which position the bolts F2 G2 snap under the shoulders L L on the rods F G, and the bolt I2 enports and Xes the gallery and burner in their raised positions.

In order to lower the gallery, or the gallery ward the third spring-bolt, H2, thereby releasin'g the stop-rod H, when the burner and gallery can be removed.

I am aware that a sliding gallery has been used, but I lay no claim to a sliding gallery excepting inthe respects hereinafter pointed out.

Having now described the nature of my invention, and the manner in which the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I claim as my invention of improvements in lamps for burning light or volatile oils-- 1. The combination, with the body of the lamp, of the sliding burner and sliding gallery, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the body of the lamp, oi' the vertically-sliding gallery and the burner, also capable of sliding with said gallery, the latter being movable independently ofthe former, substantially as described.

3. The combination ofthe gallery, rods connected therewith, fixed guide-tubes, in which said rods move, and the catches or bolts for fastening said gallery in its raised or lowered position, substantially as described.

4. In a lamp,the combination of the gallery, the burner detachahly connected therewith, the rods and guidetubes, and catches or fastening devices, substantially as described, for fastening the gallery in its raised or lowered position, and for fastening the burner in its lowered position and supporting it in its raised position, as set forth.

5. In a lam'p, the combination of the gallery, its rods and guide-tubes therefor, the burner, its rod and guide-tube, and the spring bolts or catches, having shoulders or notches, as eX- plained, with which said bolts or catches engage, whereby the gallery and burner may be fastened in either a raised or lowered position or removed entirely from the lamp, substantially as described.

6. In a lamp, the combination of the sliding gallery and burner, rods having shoulders at their upper and lower ends, spring-catches which engage said shoulders and fasten said sliding parts in either a raised or lowered po sition, another rod connected with said gallery and shouldered at its lower end, and a spring catch or bolt which engages said last-named shoulder when said sliding parts are raised and prevents their being lifted too far, substantially as described.

JOSEPH HINKS. Witnesses:

RICHARD SKERRETT, ARTHUR JOHN POWELL.

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